Logistics and markets: Overcoming the challenges of a difficult geography" Jose Luis Bonifaz, Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil, Roberto Urrunaga (original) (raw)
and the Caribbean face the primary challenge of achieving regional integration on a large scale. Within the framework of competitiveness and sustainability, the development of regional infrastructure acquires a special relevance for this region. To meet this challenge, future actions should focus on improving infrastructure and the efficiency of customs sys-tems and regulations, communications, information technol-ogy, logistical market services (freights, warehousing, and permits, among others), and sustainable local development. In this essay, we analyze the region's transport infrastructure situation, as well as customs systems and regulations, aimed at creating an adequate logistical process to facilitate com-petitiveness within and outside the region. 2 The analysis is carried out from the perspective of transport costs, given that one of the most important determinants of competitiveness is measured by the time-cost factor. Our work is divided into three parts: the first i...